Leinen eest Kashiikija 2

Leinen eest Kashiikija 2 (A Song for Kashykia) will be the second of the Leinen eest Kashiikija, the national selection event to determine the artist who will represent Kashykia in the Maia Song Contest. It will be hosted in Reita, in the Globen Arena. The contest will consist of 8 songs, and the winner will represent Kashykia in the Maia Song Contest 1. The winner will be determined by televote from each of the eight regions of Kashykia which will be combined together into four groups - each with two regions. Each region group will award 12, 10, 8, 6, 3 and 1 points to the participants based on their televoting ranking in each region. Furthermore the jury results from 10 (originally 8) countries will be added to the televoting score and country with the highest score will the representative of Kashykia. This format is slightly different to the first edition of Leinen eest Kashiikija as the amount of Juries has doubles whereas the number of televoting results have halved. The winner of Leinen eest Kashiikija 2 will compete in the final of Maia Song Contest 2 as last edition's entrant - Zhanar Dugalova - placed within the top five securing the next edition's artist a place in the final. On the 22nd of July the results were announced at 19:15 and Sirusho emerged victorious with a record 141 points with 12 points from 6 juries and all 4 of the televoting regions.